Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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electrolyte

/ɪˈlɛk.tɹəˌlaɪt/ noun

Forms electrolytes

  1. noun (chemistry) A substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity.
  2. noun (chemistry) A solution containing such substances, which therefore also conducts electricity. “Some modern lead-acid batteries are sealed because they never need to have any electrolyte added during their service life.”
  3. noun (chemistry, often) Any of the various ions in such a solution, or (metonymically) their concentration therein.
  4. noun (physiology, medicine) Any of the various biometal ions (such as sodium or chloride) that regulate the electric charge on cells and the flow of water across their membranes, or (metonymically) such an ion's concentration in a bodily fluid, usually and especially blood, blood serum, or urine. “Lab tests to consider under these circumstances include serum electrolytes, serum glucose, and urine protein.”

Etymology

From electro- + -lyte, from electrolysis. Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1834.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun A compound decomposable, or subjected to decomposition, by an electric current.

Etymology [Electro- + Gr. électrolyte.]

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “electrolyte”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details